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26 May 2017 - PRESS STATEMENT 06/2017
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating sends his best wishes to the people of Somalia on the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan.
“This year Ramadan takes place as 6.7 million Somalis including hundreds...

02 May 2017 - International partners (United Nations, African Union, European Union, Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States) are closely following the developments in Galmudug. International partners were encouraged by the...

29 Apr 2017 - The Federal Government of Somalia met international partners at a high level meeting today in Mogadishu to prepare for the 11 May 2017 London Conference on Somalia.
The meeting presented senior FGS officials with an opportunity to share their policy priorities and discuss the...

17 Apr 2017 - Somalia’s international partners welcome the decisions taken by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and Federal Member States (FMS) at the recent two-day consultation meeting in Mogadishu. The United Nations, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the Inter-...

23 Mar 2017 - MICHAEL KEATING SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR SOMALIA
BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON SOMALIA
AS DELIVERED
23 MARCH 2017
Mr. President,
As the Secretary-General said on his first field visit since taking office, Somalia is experiencing a moment of...

13 Mar 2017 - PRESS STATEMENT 03/2017
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating condemned in the strongest possible terms this morning’s bomb blasts at two locations in Mogadishu that reportedly killed a number of civilians.
The first blast...

08 Mar 2017 - The Secretary-General
Written message on International Women’s Day
New York, 8 March 2017
Women’s rights are human rights. But in these troubled times, as our world becomes more unpredictable and chaotic, the rights of women and girls are being reduced, restricted and...

28 Feb 2017 - 1. Under the patronage of His Excellency President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed“Farmaajo”, and in line with the Mogadishu Declaration of 22 February 2017, 31delegations and representatives of civil society, the private sector, and each of the FederalMember States, convened in...